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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-04
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TELEGRApH1IC NEWS.
FOreign News.

LONDON, June 4.-'fhe Standard, com
mentipg on Lord Randolph Churchlls
speech at Wolverhamp ton last night, admits
the importance of the subject, but complains
that Lord Randolph, while weakening his
party at time when all its strength is re-
ouired to be centred in the Irish difficulty,
keeps his grand scheme ofrefOrm tohimself.
The Times, commenting on Lord Ran
doph Churchil's speech at Wo!vcrhampton
last night, says "Lst Lord Randolph con
vert his indignation into steady fire Of es-
olute purpose and mature his plan with pa
tent and sober industry. Then he may be-
come terror to evil doors, and some day
an opportunity may come for putting his
ripened purposes into execution"
The Times Paris correspondent telegraphs
that it is learned from Strasburg Tint Prince
Won Hohenlohe will soon quit the post of
governor. general of Alsace-Lorraino.
A monster procession in honor of Mi.
Gladstone was held at Swansea, Wales to
day. Mr.. Gladstone, with prominent. Ii
berals of Wales, occupied special stand
from which he reviewed the parade. One
hundred thousand Welshmen, wearing ro-
settesand bearing banners, ard accompanied
by numerous bands, marched past tho stand.
A contingent from Pont-y-Prind headed the
line. Cannons were fired and the greatest Ell
thusiasm prevailed Tho day was clear and
bright.
A Il ogol.
tersburg to the Journal DIES DebatS says that
the Ameer OF Bokhara has dismissed all the
officials of his government found intriguing
against Russia. He has informed the gov
ernor of Turkisan that he ard his subjects
are iu patiently waiting for the great link
which will connect their country with Rua-
STA and difuse civilization throughout Cen
trail Asia.
BERLIN, June 4 Dr. Mackenzie, the
English surgeon who assisted 10 making an
examination of Grown Prince frederick
Williams throat, has written 10 the editor
Of the Deutsche Reuue, stating that it was
fully established by the microscopic exami-
nation made by DR.. Virchow that the Grown
Princes disease is not cancer, but non
malignant growth. The latter, he says, can
be cured by careful location and treatment
and there is no reason to think that the
Crown Princes case will prove an exception.
As, however, his throat is very irritable it
is very important, in Dr.. Macllenzie's opin-
ion, that the case ba conducted without un.
due haste.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 4.-The fee for
half yearly passports for Russians travelling
abroad has been raised from five TO ten rou
bles.
A considerable amount of Central Asian
produce, especially cotton, is being sent to
Russia over the Trans Caspian railway to
Samark land, in Russia.
Russia has forbidden that Chinese shall
acquire land in towns on The Pacific coast.
They will only be allowed to lease estAies
outside of towns
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-04
Strange Disease.

BLOOMINGTON, H.. June 1.-The strange
disease which has been reported as doing
great damage among the horses in the vicini.
ty of Wapela, Dewitt county, is looked upon
bg hoEssmen of central Illinois with much
concern. The assistant State veterina.
iian at this place. under instructions from
The Stnte commissioners, has made thor
ough examination of the disease, which is
communicated in breeding only. Two i'm
ported Norman stations have died and ten
arc now affected. Thirty eight mares have
died and many are sick. So far az known
The local eases are now all guaranteed. No
remedy has so IA: been dis covered.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-04

GHOSTS IN INDIANA.-A telegram from
Bloomfield, Ind. May 81, says: The people
of this town are earnestly discussing the
question as to whether there are really any
such things assghoats A mysterious mani
festation, which nobody is able to explain,
started the query. Mrs. Robert McLaugh.
lin, an esiimable lady, has been i'll for some
time with consumption. During her illness
her husband often heard q strange, weird
voice calling "Oh Bob" in most plaintive
tone. Wherever ne happened to be he
heard it, but being sturdy fellow laughed
it off as passing fancy. What seems most
strange, however, his wife heard it, too, and
often spoke TO her husband of the mystery.
One day the mysterious voice was heard,
and Mclaughlin went out to see, but could
not find any one He returned to the bed
side of his wife. II heard that voice again."
she said, land recognized it. l am sure it
was your first wife calling you" The next
morning Mrs. Mclaughlin died, and sorrow
ing friends prepared the remains for tho
tomb. The watchers at night were from
among the friends of the family. Late in
the night, when the hours dragged slowly
and solemny, and the friends TO the number
of 10 TO II, including the minister, the Rev.
Mr.. Foulk, were circled about conversing in
an undertone, they were almost startled in
to frenzy by strange, weird, anu unnat
ural voice, which called out: ooh, Bob"
The watchers went to the coffin and looked
at the corpse, but the. remains showed no
sign of life A physician was called, but he
could not explain the mysterious affair. All
the watchers are respectable, truthful peo-
Pile, and the minister joins in the declara-
ton that it was most unaccountable Incl
dent. The husband is mystitied, and
offers no explanation. The deceased
was buried two days later, and there
the mysterious affair ends.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-04

SENATOR GoRMAN, of Maryland, will not
say how he thinks the Maryland delegation
in the next national democratic convention
will stand. Mr. German ia wise politician,
aud infinitely moro circumspect than those
who 90 to Washington from the South, and,
q year before the convention referred to
will be held. proclaim, not only how the del
eeations from their own respective States,
but how those from ali the other Souths
ern States will stand in that convention,
aud who, immediately thereafter, call at the
White House and ask that an office be CIV
en- to "A man VINO will help them in their
next campaign. Nobody can now tell how
the delegation from any democratic State
will vote in the next national democratic
convention.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-04

The SPARRow's REvENGE.-I.ast sprilg
the blue birds arrived earlier than the mar
tins, and settled Themselves in the marlius
boxes at the Knob Lick, Mo-, depot. When
the martins came and found their home oc-
cupied, there onsued q battle which lasted
several days, in which the martins proved
victorious. They threw out the young
birds and killed them. This spring the
English sparrows came early aud took the
martins boxes, as the blue birds had doue
before. The martins came again and found
their home occupied, and again a battle be
gan. The martins were victors as before,
and killed the little sparrows which were ia
the nest. In the course of few days it Was
nosiced that the holes In the martins boxes
were closed. An examination was made
and it was discovered that the entrance to
the box had been filled with mud and straw
and three martins had been walled in alive
1t was supposed the sparrows did their work
OF revenge at night, and filled the holes so
as 10 make prisoners of the destroyers of
their young Harrington Times.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-04

Mrs. BEEcHER AND Mrs. TYLER.-The
secretary of the Memorial Association OF
Brooklyn, in letter to Mrs. ex-President
Tyler of Richmond, says that short time
before the death of the great preacher, he,
sin sermon of rare excellence, delivered
before an immense audience, about training
children, paid tender tribute to her hus-
band, the late OK President Tyler, whose
deep interest for the moral and intellectual
welfare of his children ia so sweetly and
beautifully portrayed in his published
letters This affecting Illustration of Mr..
Tyler's virtues before Northern audience
by one who was politically opposed to him
in the past, brought tears to the eyes OF his
hearers" Yesterday Mrs. Tyler sent a
reply 10 the form of memorial letter to
Mrs. Beecher, in which she referred in
touching terms to the dead preacher, snd
expressed her most tender sympathy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-04
A COLD DAY.-Mr. Scheddy, who now

A COLD DAY.-Mr. Scheddy, who now
lives in Alabama, told us an interesting tale
last Monday on himself: In April, 1S49. he
attended picnic near Powelton, and went
home with his girl, and on that night he
popped the question and she accepted. 1t
was the 18th of April Of that noted year
when heavy snow fell at that time. Mr.
Scheddy said that he had on suit of zine
inen," and the next morning found him
fourteen miles from home with August
clothes on and the ground covered with
snow He shivered around the girl and the
old man and limited for the lend of some
wrapping, but they did not offer him stu
gle thing He started out madly and drove
home and never returned again to see his
betrothed. He says it was "a cold parting"
-CraWforduWe Gazette.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-04

THE NATIONAL DIILL-There was q
meeting of the executive committee of the
National Drill at Washington yesterday af-
ternoon. 1t was found that the excess of
the expenditures over the receipts would
amount to about $37, 500. OF this amount
S25, 900 has already been paid by the sub
scribers to the guarantee fund, leaving about
So, 500 to be raised by assessment. The as
sessment will be made and every dollar
owing by the committee will be paid in full.
A letter from Lieut.. Cash, of the Wash
ington Light Infantry, was received, Ia
which he stated that lie had no desire to
deprive the National Rifles of the prize
awarded them by the judges. There was
but little discussion on the question, and by
unanimous vote the 81 900 prize was paid
to the Rifles. There was no other business
of Importance to be transacted, so the com
mittee adjourned.
1t is understood that one of the creditors
of the Washington Light Infantry, in con;
nection with the building of the new ar
mory, has taken steps to attach the $1,000
prize won by The organization during the
national drill which is now deposited in
bank.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-04

MR. WILLIAM E SMITH, ex-assistant
Secretary of tho Treasury, who was chair
man of the New York convention that ap-
pointed delegates to the late national demo-
cratic convention, not being a mugwump,
says, ~ guess will not take an active part
in the next Presidential campaign in my
Slate" 1t is feared that the new tangled
doctrine of democratic mugwumpery will
induce many other old time democrats, not
only in New York, but in other States, to
abstain from partisan activity in the next
Presidential campaign. Such will most as
suredly be the case if it be generally under
stood that the doctrine referred to will also
prevail 10 the next democratic administra-
tion
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-04

the city to. day, says the charter parties OF
that road, at their meeting next week, Will
direct preliminary survey of 1t to BE- MADE
at once, and that with the plans ana estl-
mates to be prepared ftom that survey they
think they will have little difficulty In rais'
ing the money with which to build the
road. The length OF the road will be about
eighty miles, and the route will be the
shortest by which coal can reach tidewater
Drs James D. Field and Fl. N. I. Harris,
of Virginia, have been appointed assistant
surgeons in the U. S. Navy
The Presidential party is expected to re.
turn next week. They will call on Govern.
or Hill Oh their way back. II is said here
that AZ the Governor would not come to see
the President, the President will go to see
the Governor
Ex.Congreesman Barbour being at the
Capitol to- day was asked by the GAZETTE's
correspondent if there was anything new
about the subject of the proposed democrat
ic convention in his State. He replied not
that he knew or He said that as the State
committee had determined that conven-
ton should be held, he supposed that deter
minaton would be executed, and that he
thought it should be. for the purpose OF put
ting the party in good trim for the APP
preaching campaign upon when IL Is 800"
to enter. on.
The correspondent of the New York Star
in this city sent the following dispatch TO
his paper yesterday 1.-THE fluent prediction
that Virginia will go republican at the next
election seems to be made in ignorance OF
The fact that John S. Barbour is again on
deck in the Old Dominion, and is already
putting the democratic house in order.
Such was the observation of q prominent
Virginia democrat TO your correspondent to
day, and then he continued, in praise OF MIR.
Barbour He is the best organizer In the
State, Malone not excepted. He has beat
en- Malone, indeed, in three pitched battles,
and will beat him again. The democratic
apathy in the State last fall was very largely
the result of having new man at the helm.
Had Mr.. Barbour been at homo, the count,
in my opinion, would have been very differ:
ent.' Mr.. Barbour, then, has re-entered
politics p He has never withdrawn from
the field. He didn't desire reelection to
| the House of Representatives, and being q
frank man said so but he has never lost in
terest in the success of his party, and there
has never beer day when he was not will
ing to help achieve it,"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-04

sAGAc1TY OF SEA GULL.-A curious in
cident occurred recently on one of the
bridges crossing the river Limat. which
flows through the city of Zurich, illustrating
the sagacity of the gulls or terms frequent-
ing some of the Swiss lakes. A gentleman
who, for amusement. was in the habit of
feeding these birds with the refuse of meat,
which they are very fond of, had his nat
Knocked off into the rapid current below by
one of the more eager guls lowering around.
The lookerson laughed at the mshap, and
a boat was about 10 be put out into the
stream to secure the trophy, when to the
surprise of every one, gull was noticed to
dart down upon the floating hat. After
several Intellectual attempts it succeeded at
last in rising with it in his besk, and, flying
toward the bridge, to the establishment of
every one, dropped the well soaked hat
where the oystenders at once secured Ii for
its owner.-Bdlto San
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-04
Sl,ern,an.s Speech.

The Springfield Mass Republican, which
is recognized as leading exponent of con-
aervative.repubicsn ideas in New England,
thus criticises tho recent utterances of SEN
ator Sherman:
"Mr. Sherman's speech as presidential
candidate at Springfield ILL.,, was extraordi-
nary in its recurrence 10 and dependence
upon the revival Of war feeling as basis for
his campaign. The war arose from the issue
of slavery the war wiped that issue from
the face of the country, although it could
not eXtinguish in day all the barbRrlsm,
ignorance md nate which two centuries of
slavery had engeudered between races anu
between sectous. Yet to-day races and sec.
tions are living in perfect accord with each
other. In the last presidential election
three quarters of a million voters went to
the polls 10 The Southern States and voted
for James G. Blaine, and their votes were
couuled. Never was the South so tranquil
and prosperous rs it is to-day under demo-
cratic administration never were the rights
Of the black mau go generally enjoyed by
himself, and never so completely conceded
by the white race.
"Yot, in the face of all this uncxampled
achievement in the reconciliation ofsectlons
aud races. MIR. Sherman proposes to base the
presidential campaign of 1888 on distinct
and avowed revival Of war hstrcd-the war
having closed % years before. He seeks in
every way to identify the democratic party
and the national administration with rebel
lion his favorite term for the party in pow
en- is Confederate and he revived the
baseess charge that the last Presidential
election was won 10y fraud and crime-a
charge for which the republican Senate
wonld have established foundation of fact
if it could have found single witness
among 60,000.000 people 10 substantiate it.
Mr. Sherman stigmatizes IA Confederate
principles which govern the country through
large portion of our history, and to which
patriots and statesmen whose shoe latchets
he is unworthy to unloose have given their
sincere convictions.
"All the soft words in which the Ohio
Senator INDUCED in his Nashville and other
Southern speeches now gives way to bitter
ness and re-iiing of diaboical and wicked
character The Sherman campaign is TO be
one of the revival of war hatred. That is
the tone Of his spec CHI from beginning TO end,
and his lame disavOwal of such Il purpose Is
not supported by single other utterance in
his whole address This fact is one of vast
moment to the republican party. Can IL
hold together with any hope of victory upon
the Sherman revival of war feeling? This
is the grave problem before the republican
party"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-04

During the mild weather of couple OF
weeks ago Dubuque man let the fire in his
furnace go out, but filed the furnace with
kiDdlng wood aud coal, SO that when the
next coal snap came along he could start the
fire without trouble. The snap appeared in
due time, and he lighted the fire without
opening thu door. A few minutes after
ward an unearthly bowling was heard at
the register in the sitting groom, and the
household cat was pulled out, looking like
wreck of her former self; her hair signed
of, whiskers gone and her body covered
with burns. Tabby's president quarters are
beneath the refrigerator.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-04
FROM WASHINGTON.
Especial Correspondence of the Alexa. GAZETTE

Especial Correspondence OF the Aiexa. dAzkTTE-
WASHINGTON, D. c.. June 4, 1887.
A letter received here to-day from the
West Virginia deaf aud dumb asylum al
Romuey, says that Major j. G. Cobelle, super
intendeut of that asylum, formerly super
intendent of the Virginia deaf end dumb
asylum ut Stanton, is so i'll that his friends
have abandoned all hope of his recovery.
The receipts of the U. S. Treasury, for
weeks past, have averaged more than mil
lion dollars day, for at least one fourth OF
which there is no use, and which fourth ls
rapidly filling up the vaults of the Treasury.
Most of this money is taken from the people
by taxes on the necessaries of life.
At the regular weekly meeting of the Vir.
ginia democratic association OF this city, held
last night, the recent town and county cleo
tions in THAR State were talked over, the
prevailing impression seeming to be that
they were favorable to democratic success
next fall.
People here to day from Chicago say that
of all vain trips, tho vainest was that recent
IL made by Mr.. Sherman to Illinois, as Mr.
Blaine has long ago preempted that State,
and that no human power can prevent it
from sending q solid Blaine delegation to
the next national republican convention.
II is rumored here to day that some of the
republican department clerks charged to the
Ssh Virginia district, but who are not resi-
dents of the State, are to be removed.
It appears by the Northern and North
western newspapers now reaching here, con-
tanning the speeches made in their States
on Decoration Day, that many, If not most,
of those speeches were OF the most approved
bloody shirt order, and breatbed any thing
a.sa than love and affection for their fellow
sitizens OF the Sunny South. Among the
most ranlapketous of the speecnes ailuaea
70 was tbac made at Minneapolis 0y mr..
johnson, the reading clerk OF the U. 8 SEN
IA a gentleman interested in the construc-
i'm of the proposed Mineral Railroad, In
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-04
ALEX ANDRIA-.
SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE A.

REPRESENTATIVES OF the survivors oil
Pickett's division have determined to
attend the federal army reunion at
Gettysburg, Notwithstanding the fact that
the Memorial Association Of Gettysburg re-
fused to allow the Pickett monument to be
erected where Pickett's men fell on that
field, and the other fact, that at the recent
reunion of the Army Of the Cumberland at
Washington ex Confederates were spoken
of in any thing else than favorable terms.
More than twenty-five years have now
elapsed since the last gun was Tired III the
war between the States, and yet 1t seems
that all the advances toward restoration
of the amicable relations that should subsist
between fellow citizens of common coun-
try must come from the South Well 1t Is
better that such advances should always
come OILY from one section than that they
should not come at all.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-04

IT WOULD have been exceedingly strange
If, of all the many words Senator Sherman
uttered in his recent bloody shirt speech at
Springfield. Illinois, some, at least, had not
been wise and timely. The following are
among the few that were: "rhere are some
things the laws cannot do. They cannot
regulate the price oflabor or OF anything else.
This can only be done by the laws of supply
and demand" And yet, though this truth
is patent to every we'll informed reasonable
man, of late years, as regularly as Congress
meets, demagogues in it, presuming upon
the ignorance and gullibility of those
they can dupe, attempt to advance their
own selfish aims by introducing and advo-
cstiog billie, and sometimes succeed in hav-
ingthem passed. which, they say, will effect
objects well known by every sensible man
10 be utterly Impossible.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-06-04
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Bradstreet's reports 10 failures in the
United States during the week.
Bishop Adams accepts his election to the
bishopric of the Episcopal diocese OF Easton,
Md.
A postofice was established yesterday at
Bunley's, Albemarle county, with Henry b.
Douglass as postmaster.
About G. 900 cases of fannels were sold at
auction in New York yesterday, aggrega-
ting nearly million dollars.
The students in New York, before whom
Henry George lately gave an exposition OF
his land theories voted 200 to against their
practicability.
Gov. Lee delivered the diplomas to the
graduates of the Colored Normal College at
Petersburg yesterday, and afterwards dellV-
cred an address.
By vote of 252, 791 to 1877 ,414 the people
of Switzerland have approved law which
gives the government the sole right 10 man.
nfacture and cell sprituous liquors.
The coal mine operators in West Virginia
refuse TO recognize the act recently passed
by the legislature of that State, requiring
the semi monthly payment of miners.
The Moscow Gazette announces that Rus
sia has arranged with syndicate OF Europe
an bankers, headed by the Rothsehilds, for
the conversion Of the Russian credit foncier
mutual Gves into securities bearing 4! per
cent interest.
In answer to proposition from the Toe-
do Cadets to drill for So, 900 side, the cap
tain of the Lomax Rifles, OF Mobile, writes
that they will, under no circumstances. be a
party to any action which would reflect in
the least upon the integrity of the officers OF
the regular army who were the judges in
the recent competitive drill at Washington.